I've been trying to gather pictures that everyone took to add to the blog but it's taking longer than I thought. It's also for some reason hard to upload them, Elizabeth help!!!
The kids had an amazing time, favorite activities were riding bikes, driving in the car, riding the Metro in DC. Obviously they like being on the move! They, like other Kenyan visitors, frequently commented on how good our infrastructure ie: roads, trains etc was. They thought travel here is so effortless, always food, internet, electricity. They loved the clothes that they got, especially the pajamas! At Nyumbani they sleep in their clothes so pjs were a big treat. They met with the heads of PEPFAR in Africa who were in DC for a Global AIDS summit meeting, That time was so meaningful on both sides, the kids said thank you for the medicines, the people who work so hard to get the medicines but don't often see the people they help were so moved. We went on a tour of the Capitol, they met Sen. Feingold and had their picture taken with him, spent a morning going to school at Holy Trinity School in Georgetown, had lunch at Sidwell Friends, (we saw the Obama girls, they're great), they danced at a benefit for Nyumbani at Sidwell, participated in Earth Day festivities at the US Dept of Agriculture, had tea with Ambassador Peter Ortega at the Kenyan Embassy, had their pictures taken at the White House. We then drove 13 hours home to Madison! Not one fight in the car, didn't even have DVDs or gameboys, they just played and talked and looked out the window. Friday they visited Edgewood College, played soccer with some kids, Saturday we shopped and packed, Sunday church and then the final goodbye at O'Hare.
It was a great trip, they saw and learned a lot. I got to spend great time with them, give them a great adventure. They were sad to leave but anxious to share their stories and gifts with their friends at Nyumbani.
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